[294]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE TROUBLED NEW YEAR BEGINS
These comments for the poem are being written on 10 February 2026.
It is very important Christians understand current events in the world because we are in the very last days of the Church age and the Lord’s coming for His Bride, the Church is so close. These are called The Signs of the Times and we ought to make an effort to understand them a bit.
Because we are at the end of the era of the Church age then things are getting worse in the world. It does not need me to tell you that if you follow world events and in the USA, those who follow what is happening there will know how troubled that nation is right now (February 2026). President Trump has a measure of decency but the horrible evil on the other side is waiting to break forth and the USA would be plunged into chaos.
The USA does not want to go down the path of Australia or the UK, even Canada.
SPECIAL NOTE:
I have just read this again after 4 years. What I said back then is every bit as relevant today. Covid is not the topic it was then, and Islam is skyrocketing towards violence and destroying peace in our societies. The situation is reached now where we could say every year is troubled right from the srart.
In one of my most recent messages I am dealing with current events - https://sermoncentral.com/sermons/the-gog-war-again-the-united-states-fleet-in-the-middle-east-current-happenings-in-iran-ron-ferguson-sermon-on-middle-east-298478
{{1 John 2:15-17 “Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world, and the world is passing away, and also its lusts, but the one who does the will of God abides forever.”}}
The older I get, the more compressed the years seem to become. Time is flying and that is because so much is happening so fast. Just a few years ago, if fact when I wrote this poem, AI was not an issue. Today it is everywhere, almost controlling everything.
God bless you all.
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THE TROUBLED NEW YEAR BEGINS
Now the new year begins!
Will it result in tears?
Or magnify one’s fears?
Or increase the world’s sneers?
Invite the scoffers’ jeers?
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We know not what a day may bring.
Will we, with God’s help, maybe sing?
Maybe know persecution’s sting?
Or engage in some worthwhile thing?
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The world enters this troubled year
With uncertainty on its mind:
The threat of China on one hand;
And more problems of any kind.
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What of the virus raging on
That has destabilised the world?
What more abuses of freedoms
Can against decency, be hurled?
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Who can stop the poverty deaths?
What nations even want to try?
Injustice is so endemic,
That nations want to pass it by.
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The reason sorrows so abound,
Are men’s sins that cause distress.
All of man’s wretchedness and hate,
In wickedness, he will express.
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Is this what we’ll look forward to
In the new year that has commenced?
Where is the calm and happiness
We hoped for us, would be dispensed?
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We all want joy and peace in life,
But what does reality say?
Threats of wars and discord we hear
From nations, that have lost their way.
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Governments have embraced chaos,
As they see ahead, no clear road.
Confusion rules their decisions,
And stupidity weighs their load.
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This is a world of sorrows great.
Prophetically, they won’t decrease.
These last days are difficult times
Where more lawlessness will increase.
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The world is fragile; that we see,
But God holds it in full control.
We may not like what may come soon,
Or what evils over us roll.
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In this new year, what of God’s own?
How are they expected to live
In a sinful, difficult world,
When to the Lord, the best they give?
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They will need their full commitment,
For gone are the days of pretence.
This hardened world will persecute
God’s children, judged as “an offence”.
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Christians hope for the Lord’s return;
Maybe He is coming this year;
Our blesse´d hope most people spurn,
The coming of the Lord draws near.
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O Christian, rise up to the fight!
Put on the armour of witness,
And stand for the Lord in the light.
Grow your spiritual fitness!
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One thing for certain; this we know -
Darker and tougher, days will get.
Mercy and grace from heaven flow,
Then relish them with no regret.
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Two thousand and twenty-two’s here.
Without Christ you have no true ground.
When troubles come how will you stand?
Without Christ no place can be found.
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Give your life to Jesus Christ now.
Make this new year, your new life’s start.
Nothing will be grander or blessed,
‘till Jesus Christ has claimed your heart!
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1 January 2022 R E Ferguson Metre = 8-8-8-8 except first stanza
A-B-A-B except first two stanzas